Woman claims in civil trial MMA star Conor McGregor choked and raped her in Irish hotel: ‘Kept thinking I would die’

A female accused UFC superstar Conor McGregor of putting her successful a chokehold earlier raping her wrong an Irish edifice successful 2018 during her civilian proceedings Wednesday against nan arguable fighter.

Nikita Hand testified successful Dublin’s High Court that she thought she was going to dice erstwhile nan Irish combatant allegedly pinned her to a furniture and choked her 3 times during nan onslaught successful a Dublin penthouse, British outlets reported.

The erstwhile hairsbreadth dresser, who revenge a civilian intersexual battle suit, told jurors she spot nan mixed martial arts combatant successful an effort to fend him off.

“I was trying to conflict arsenic overmuch arsenic I could. He put his limb astir my cervix and choked maine 3 times,” said nan woman, who was visibly shaken and asked for respective breaks to cod herself, British outlets reported. 

“I conscionable froze and I couldn’t move aliases respire and I kept looking astatine nan bedpost and reasoning of my daughter. I conscionable kept reasoning I would dice and not spot my girl again.”

Hand testified that she reassured her alleged abuser she wouldn’t speak of what happened to debar him hurting her again, adding that nan mixed martial arts prima compared choking her to his acquisition tapping retired successful octagon, the BBC reported.

The mother of 1 is seeking financial damages against McGregor, and different man, James Lawrence, alleging they sexually assaulted her connected Dec. 9, 2018. 

A spokesperson for McGregor antecedently denied nan allegations, saying that Irish constabulary had investigated nan alleged battle and declined to bring criminal charges successful 2020, according to AP News.

Attorneys for McGregor based on nan intersexual brushwood was consensual and she’s trying to extort him, BBC reported.

Hand, who revenge her civilian suit successful 2021, told nan tribunal she was “disappointed and upset” that Irish constabulary grounded to prosecute some men, complaining that she was treated unfairly because her alleged abuser was a celebrity. 

Josh Gordon, Hand’s lawyer, said she and McGregor were acquainted pinch each different arsenic nan brace grew up successful nan aforesaid area, had spoken complete societal media and shared communal friends earlier gathering astatine nan Beacon Hotel connected nan nighttime of nan alleged incident. 

Hand told jurors nan alleged onslaught near her pinch bruising on her hands and wrists, a bloody scratch to her thorax and tenderness to her neck, adding that she’s been incapable to activity citing intelligence wellness issues. 

Dublin-born McGregor, 1 of nan world’s highest-paid sports stars, has been progressive successful a bid of constabulary cases, done nan years.

In 2019, he was fined by a Dublin tribunal for punching an aged man astatine a Dublin pub, a infinitesimal that resulted successful a viral video.

He settled different lawsuit successful 2019 complete accusations he grabbed and smashed nan telephone of personification who was filming him extracurricular a Miami hotel. In 2018, he dodged jailhouse clip after he threw a metallic manus truck at a autobus extracurricular nan Barclays Center successful Brooklyn pursuing a property conference.

The civilian lawsuit is expected to proceed complete nan adjacent 2 weeks.